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As per the definition mentioned on Wikipedia; Psychology is the science of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feelings and thought. With current pandemic nearing its end in many of the countries across the globe and also in India; psychological issues would start popping up in the society of long lockdown times and lot other financial, and physical reasons. Thus lot of people would be required to take care of situation that may arise due to psychological problems in general population.
The good news is; plenty of universities, colleges are offering both graduation and post graduation programs in Psychology. Both graduation and post graduation programs cater to specialization in the field of psychology and help students develop skills that help identify behavioural changes. Graduates of psychology are later able to do scientific study of how people behave, think and feel.
A professional practitioner in the discipline is called a psychologist. Some psychologists can also be classified as social, behavioral, or cognitive scientists. Some psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior. Others explore the physiological and biological processes that underlie cognitive functions and behaviors.
Psychologists having expertise in behavior science, explore behavior and mental processes, including perception, cognition, attention, emotion, intelligence, subjective experiences, motivation, brain functioning, and personality. Psychologists' interests extend to interpersonal relationships, psychological resilience, family resilience, and other areas within social psychology. Psychologists also consider the unconscious mind. Research psychologists employ empirical methods to infer causal and correlational relationships between psychosocial variables. Some, but not all, clinical and counseling psychologists rely on symbolic interpretation.
In the coming years many companies, MNCs and organizations having large number of employees would hire Psychologists to take care the mental health of their employees. The career opportunities in this field is now opening up and we would witness thousands of jobs being offered in the field of psychology.
